Looks like there’s some trouble in electric racing utopia. The EV Cup, the first zero-emissions racing series in the world, has cancelled its inaugural 2011 season due to delays with preparing electric cars for racing. Managing director of EV Cup Sylvian Fillippi had this to say about the delay: “The requirements for safety aspects and the delivery schedule for race cars was not going to allow sufficient time for testing.” So now what?

Well, one further delay seems to have effectively cancelled the entire 2011 season, so it would appear the EV Cup will begin sometime in 2012–hopefully: “Due to delays in the final production of our electric cars that were to be used in our race series, it is with great regret that we are left with no choice but to abandon plans for the 2011 EV Cup race series. We had races planned at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on November 26 and Auto Club Speedway, Los Angeles on December 17,” staffers posted on the EV Cup’s Facebook page. We do hope the EV Cup is able to pull its vehicles together soon, as an all-electric and zero-emissions racing series could mean huge advancements in electric vehicle technology that trickle down to the consumer market in just a few years.

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The Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren is an Anglo-German grand tourer car jointly The Gran Turismo body design, the classical styling and the V8 supercharged engine make the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren a real high performance sports car. Brian spots an amazing Mercedes SLR Mclaren Roadster, black over grey leather. I record the car, exterior and interior. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren price, specs and more. Find performance data and specifications for the engine and brakes or find the top Most Expensive Cars In The World.

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Refreshed for the autumn season, this is the latest iteration of the polarizing ASI-tuned Bentley Continental GTR. Similar to the car Toyo will be showing off at SEMA, the GTR is an 800 HP monster with intimidatingly tasteless styling to match. The only thing we want this for is to lovingly crash it into a field.
None of this comes as a big surprise. Somehow the Bentley Continental GT naturally lends itself to this sort of abuse. It's the Bentley for new-money douches, a sort of Infiniti G37 for multi-millionaires. We're not saying it isn't a fantastic machine, just that you'd never dare see anyone do this to a Brooklands.

It is equipped with a 5,998 cubic centimetres (366.0 cu in) (6.0 litre) twin-turbocharged W12 engine, which produces a DIN-rated motive power output of 560 metric horsepower (412 kW; 552 bhp) at 6,100 rpm, and torque of 650 newton metres (479 ft·lbf) at 1,600-6,100 rpm.Torsen-based permanent four-wheel drive is standard.It will accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour (0 to 62.1 mph) in 4.8 seconds, and go on to reach a top speed of 318 kilometres per hour (197.6 mph).